Enhancing Software and Hardware Reliability for a Successful Participation in the RoboCup Logistics League 2017

In 2017, the RoboCup Logistics League (RCLL) has seen major changes to the playing field layout, which allows for more configuration variants that are now generated randomly and automatically, leading towards a more realistic smart factory scenario. The Carologistics team developed a new strategy for exploration and improved existing components with a particular focus on navigation and error handling in the behavior engine and high-level reasoning. We describe the major concepts of our approach with a focus on the improvements in comparison to last year, which enabled us to win the competition in 2017.

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